1830s dress

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Vanity Fair," December 15, 1977–September 3, 1978.The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "In Style: Celebrating Fifty Years of the Costume Institute," November 17, 1987–April 17, 1988

Evening dress, 1830′s From the Turun museokeskus

It is easy to deride #1830s sleeves for their ridiculous proportions but at play here is a desire of #Romanticism to look to past extravagances of the #17thcentury. This early 1830s lush green dress is an example of the demi-gigot, the fullness ending at the elbow @museumatFIT

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This evening dress appeared (in a different color) in La Belle Assemblée of June 1833.

Day dress of printed challis and lined with glazed cotton and linen, Great Britain, 1837-1840

With the impending date of an 1830’s Romantics Era picnic at Ardenwood Farm put on by the Greater Bay Area Costumer’s Guild, I commenced work on my gown. Pinterest was the first place I headed for inspiration. There are so many examples of dresses from the era, it was easy to find several th

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Wool dress, 1836-38. From Egyptian Textile Museum FB page.